EDFL 2240 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: The Foundations, Egocentrism, Inductive Reasoning
12 Feb 2017
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Jean piaget & cognitive development: how thinking changes as we go. Cognitive development age : cognitive development: the study of how our thought process changes as we, two major historical debates. Continuous growth v. discontinuous growth: cognitive development theories form the roots of the educational philosophy known as constructivism . Working with alfred binet in 1919, to help develop and improve. Iq tests: piaget became fascinated by the fact that children"s ages predicted how they would do on specific test questions, he began to research cognitive development in children and quickly became the world"s foremost expert. Piaget"s three major contributions: he developed interview technicques designed especially for use with children, he developed a learning process theory and invented many terms that cognitive scientists still use today. Example: schemes, equilibrium, disequilibrium, assimilation, and accommodation: he developed a four-stage model of cognitive development in children. The piagetian learning process: how disequilibrium affects our schemes. Piaget"s 4 stages of cognitive development: sensorimotor stage.
